Taxonomic Details for Leptysma marginicollis

Systematic Resumé:

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Protostomia
Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Subclass	Pterygota
Infraclass	Neoptera
Superorder	Polyneoptera
Order	Orthoptera
Suborder	Caelifera
Infraorder	Acrididea
Superfamily	Acridoidea
Family	Acrididae
Subfamily	Leptysminae
Genus	Leptysma
Species	Leptysma marginicollis

Common Name:

slender locust

Authority:

(Serville, 1839)

ITIS TSN:

102199 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page)

Habitats:

Habitat Type: Marsh, Salinity Zone: Fresh water

GCE Contact:

Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

GCE Data Sets:

INS-GCED-1612 (Grasshopper counts and feeding damage at the GCE-LTER Seawater Addition Long-Term Experiment (SALTEx) in 2016)

Leptysma marginicollis adult. Photo by Steven Pennings.

Leptysma marginicollis adult pinned with hind legs removed. Photo by Steven Pennings.

Leptysma marginicollis adult pinned with hind legs removed. Photo by Steven Pennings.

Leptysma marginicollis juvenile. Photo by Steven Pennings.

LTER

NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140 and OCE-1832178. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.